Fact Sheets
On this page the International Union of Soil Sciences provides fact sheets on soil in relation to issues of high importance for society. The fact sheets are written by well-known experts and are addressed not only to scientists, but also to decision makers and opinion leaders.
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February 2018
- fact_sheet_soil_and_biodiversity_final.pdf (109 kB)
IUSS Fact Sheet Soil and Biodiversity
October 2017
- fact_sheet_soil_and_religions_final.pdf (113 kB)
IUSS Fact Sheet Religions and Soil
September 2017
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_and_land_use_change.pdf (114 kB)
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_degradation_and_desertification.pdf (241 kB)
IUSS Fact Sheet Soil and Land use Change
IUSS Fact sheet Soil degradation and desertification
August 2017
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_and_health.pdf (193 kB)
IUSS Fact sheet Soil and Health
July 2017
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_governance.pdf (139 kB)
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_and_food_security.pdf (195 kB)
IUSS Fact sheet Soil Governance
IUSS Fact sheet Soil and Food Security
June 2017
- iuss_fact_sheet_perception_of_soil_by_society.pdf (220 kB)
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_in_western_paintings.pdf (197 kB)
- iuss_factsheet_soils_and_history.pdf (100 kB)
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_and_water_quality.pdf (97 kB)
- iuss_fact_sheet_soil_and_climate.pdf (98 kB)